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Episode 61 - The Ethics of Making Money on Twitch or YouTube (with Mark Johnson)
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Making money playing games on Twitch or YouTube sounds like a dream come true! But money never comes without strings attached. Streamers face pressures to build up their audience, ask for financial support, land and keep sponsors. It’s hard work and many burn out. Meanwhile, there’s questions about the ways Twitch and YouTube benefit from their labor. What are the ethics of making money playing games on Twitch or YouTube?
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Our guest for this episode is Dr Mark R Johnson, a Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on game live streaming and Twitch.tv, esports, and gamification and gamblification. He has published in journals including ‘Information, Communication and Society’, ‘New Media and Society’, ‘Media, Culture and Society’, ‘Convergence’, and ‘Games and Culture’. Outside academia he is also an independent game designer best known for the roguelike "Ultima Ratio Regum".
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JOIN THE ETHICS AND VIDEO GAMES COMMUNITY:
- Follow/like/share us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
- Explore our website and check out our Video Games Ethics Resources Center: https://ethicsandvideogames.com
- If you're game to lend us your financial support, we'd love to have it and can definitely use it! You can do that here: SUPPORT OUR PODCAST!
- Give us a review whereever you listen to podcasts
- If you've got an idea or an ethical issue involving video games that you think would make for a good podcast, please let us know!
Contact us at ethicsandvideogames.com or email us at contact@ethicsandvideogames.com. We’d love to hear from you!
Hosted by Shlomo Sher, Ph.D. and Andy Ashcraft
Production by Carmen Elena Mitchell
Music and graphics by Daniel Sher
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Manage episode 354013821 series 3379062
Making money playing games on Twitch or YouTube sounds like a dream come true! But money never comes without strings attached. Streamers face pressures to build up their audience, ask for financial support, land and keep sponsors. It’s hard work and many burn out. Meanwhile, there’s questions about the ways Twitch and YouTube benefit from their labor. What are the ethics of making money playing games on Twitch or YouTube?
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Our guest for this episode is Dr Mark R Johnson, a Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on game live streaming and Twitch.tv, esports, and gamification and gamblification. He has published in journals including ‘Information, Communication and Society’, ‘New Media and Society’, ‘Media, Culture and Society’, ‘Convergence’, and ‘Games and Culture’. Outside academia he is also an independent game designer best known for the roguelike "Ultima Ratio Regum".
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JOIN THE ETHICS AND VIDEO GAMES COMMUNITY:
- Follow/like/share us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
- Explore our website and check out our Video Games Ethics Resources Center: https://ethicsandvideogames.com
- If you're game to lend us your financial support, we'd love to have it and can definitely use it! You can do that here: SUPPORT OUR PODCAST!
- Give us a review whereever you listen to podcasts
- If you've got an idea or an ethical issue involving video games that you think would make for a good podcast, please let us know!
Contact us at ethicsandvideogames.com or email us at contact@ethicsandvideogames.com. We’d love to hear from you!
Hosted by Shlomo Sher, Ph.D. and Andy Ashcraft
Production by Carmen Elena Mitchell
Music and graphics by Daniel Sher
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